Search - Caera :: Eist le mo Sceal (Listen to my Story)

An artistic response to hidden violence. Many, many people today live with various forms of violence. The most common are not sensational, public forms of violence people may hear about in the news, movies, or tv, but the hidden ones: domestic violence, poverty, child abuse and neglect -- forms of violence whose victims are often politically powerless, who can easily be silenced and swept away so everyone else can go on with their relatively comfortable lives. Victims of such violence are often further undermined by being blamed, silenced, isolated, and blocked from being able to do anything effective about it. Got Voice? You are not alone. You are not the only one. For years Caera has been trying to reclaim the language and music of her Irish heritage. Now with her fifth album, Eist le mo Sceal (Listen to my Story), she puts forward all of her personal inheritance: child abuse, sexual assault, poverty, homelessness, and alcoholism -- with the language and music she holds so precious. There is hope. There is healing. As Caera was healing through these issues herself, she was very moved by the spiritually open and healing music of Enya, Clannad, and Loreena McKennitt, as well as the open, honest, and powerful songwriting of Ani DiFranco, Tori Amos, and Suzanne Vega. With this album, she has brought together the strength to write about these issues with the healing that music and spirituality can provide. Awaken your spirit, your passions. Awaken your own inner strength and your own power to heal. Some of these songs may make you uncomfortable, they may move you through the grief of your own losses, but they may build you up with the strength to move on, soothe the pain of loss and loneliness, and replace anguish and despair with peace and hope. There is inspiration. Eist le mo Sceal (Listen to my Story) attempts to make something beautiful out of the ugliness of violence and trauma, and transform temporary weaknesses into lifelong strengths.